djphilp wrote:Cheers Wottie
I've just watched it again.
Re Mata, he was out on his feet after 20 mins, until then he looked great, very much our own Nakarawa - great hands (bar one dropped ball) lovely passing and good pace. He had a great appetite for work and put in a couple of thunderous hits, a few weeks of fitness training and he'll be good to go.
Bradbury was outstanding, he has to make the AIs squad, as does Hamish. I wouldn't be surprised to see Blair there too, if only to gain the experience from being around the squad, it will take him at least another couple of months to oust Hoggy
I was especially pleased to see Sam H-C hit his receiver so well - that has been the major criticism of him recently, but his passing was good and he does offer more on the break than any other scrum half Scotland has. Kennedy is ahead of him at the moment, though, that was an assured performance from him.
edit - as a member of the Tom Brown fanclub, there doesn't seem to be too many of us, I'd just like to mention that his try was top drawer stuff, beating Mike Brown in the air and then having the wherewithal to dot down over his head shows a sniper's instinct, ie the lifeblood of a winger. He has ridiculous pace, too.